Two smugglers arrested with morphine worth 25 lakhs in UP

Barabanki (UP): Two narcotics smugglers were today arrested from Sadar Bazar here with morphine worth Rs 25 lakhs, police said.

Ram Kumar and Kanahiya Lal were today arrested on a tip- off with 240 gm morphine worth Rs 25 lakhs in the international market, Superintendent of Police Abdul Hamid told reporters.
The two were here to sell morphine, he said.

Efforts are on to elicit more information from them about their gang, they said.